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Manfred Nowak

Type: Person

Name: Manfred Nowak

First Reported Mar 14 2010 - Updated Mar 14 2010 - 1 Documents

Interview: UN Envoy On Torture Says Concerned About Iran

The United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, is concerned not only about reports of torture, but executions of minors as well.I don't know yet if I will be able to pay a visit to Iran. Basically, Iran has issued a so-called standing ... [Published Mar 14 2010 by Payvand Iran News]

Entities: Iran, Manfred Nowak, Torture, United Nations

First Reported Mar 14 2010 - Updated Mar 14 2010 - 1 Documents

Bunting disagrees with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Peter bunting, Opposition Spokesman on National Security, says he disagrees with claims made about the conditions under which boys are being housed at the St. Andrew Juvenile Remand Facility in Stony Hill, St. Andrew.Mr. Bunting toured the facility with ... [Published Mar 14 2010 by Radio Jamaica]

Entities: Special Rapporteur, Manfred Nowak, Torture

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 7 Documents

Manfred Nowak

UN Torture Envoy Says Concerned About Iran

Features The United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, is concerned not only about reports of torture, but executions of minors as well. March 11, 2010 In the wake of the UN Human Rights Council's recent session on Iran, RFE/RL's ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by Radio Free Europe]

Entities: Manfred Nowak, Iran, Torture

First Reported Mar 11 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

UN urges US for civilian trials to 9/11 suspects

United Nations human rights investigators called on U.S. administration to prosecute the accused Sept. 11 attacks in a civilian court.United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused Sept. ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by World Bulletin]

Entities: Martin Scheinin, United Nations, Military/Armed Forces, Criminal, Manfred Nowak

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

United Nations

Manfred Nowak, UN special rapporteur on torture

Latest blog entriesTalking Politics: Solidarity, and its limitsTalking Politics: Muzzling the dangerous dogs debateTalking Politics: Leaders' debates will dumb down our democracyEditor s Corner: Whose purpose does it serve to find Jon Venables? ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Yahoo! UK and Ireland]

Entities: Manfred Nowak, Torture, United Nations

First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 4 Documents

UN Envoy Says 9/11 Suspects Should Face Civilian Court

GENEVA (Reuters) -- United Nations human rights investigators have called on the Obama administration to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair.The White House is reviewing ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by Radio Free Europe]

Entities: Martin Scheinin, United Nations, Military/Armed Forces, Criminal, Manfred Nowak

First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 2 Documents

Torture is global, states bar UN investigating

Torture is a reality in a majority of the world's countries but many governments refuse to let the United Nations investigate whether it is happening on their territory, the UN expert on the issue said yesterday.Austrian lawyer Manfred Nowak told the ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by Defence Web]

Entities: Torture, Manfred Nowak, United Nations

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 1 Documents

At Human Rights Council the IRCT and WMA call for sustainable systems to document torture

The issue of how to promote and institutionalise the forensic documentation of alleged cases of torture will be the subject for a panel of renowned experts gathering in Geneva on March 9, chaired by the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Professor Manfred ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by IRCT]

Entities: Torture, Human Rights Council, Manfred Nowak

First Reported Mar 07 2010 - Updated Mar 07 2010 - 2 Documents

Kazakhstan jails show Jonathan Aitken way to reform

THEY are grim concrete fortresses where inmates have complained of beatings and torture. Yet Kazakhstan’s prisons have become an unlikely testbed for Tory reforms to the UK penal system, from proposals put forward by Jonathan Aitken — the former cabinet ... [Published Mar 07 2010 by Times Online]

Entities: Jonathan Aitken, Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Manfred Nowak, Torture

First Reported Mar 03 2010 - Updated Mar 03 2010 - 1 Documents

Torture rife in Jamaica

TORTURE is rife in Jamaica. Oh yes, though it's difficult for us to associate such a heinous act with a beautiful little island floating in the Caribbean sea populated by God-fearing people, torture is a daily occurrence right under our noses and sometimes ... [Published Mar 03 2010 by Jamaica Observer]

Entities: Torture, Jamaica, Manfred Nowak, Degrading

First Reported Feb 22 2010 - Updated Feb 22 2010 - 1 Documents

Rid Jamaica of killer cops!

No one will be too surprised by Mr Manfred Nowak's characterisation of conditions at Jamaica's prisons and detention centres as appalling and reflecting a lack of respect for the dignity of people who come in conflict...La la land is defined as 'a state ... [Published Feb 22 2010 by Jamaica Gleaner]

Entities: Jamaica, Carolyn Cooper, Manfred Nowak

First Reported Feb 20 2010 - Updated Feb 20 2010 - 1 Documents

Excessive force used on Horizon prisoners - UN Rapporteur on Torture

Three weeks before the February 8 riot at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre off Spanish Town Road in Kingston, inmates wrote to the Superintendent of the facility warning that tensions were rising among the prison population over deteriorating conditio ... [Published Feb 20 2010 by Radio Jamaica]

Entities: Manfred Nowak, United Nations, Juvenile, Torture

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Rid Jamaica of killer cops! [Jamaica Gleaner - Feb 22 2010]

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Magda Abu-Fadil: Vienna Declaration: Press Free... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Dec 02 2009] Security and press freedom can coexist, with the free flow of information recognized as the best weapon against terrorism, international media experts ...

Audio/Video

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UN envoy deported from Zimbabwe [Reuters Video: Top News - Oct 29 2009]
U.N. official thrown out of Zimbabwe [Reuters Video: Top News - Oct 29 2009]